geraldmcgrew
@geraldmcgrew.bsky.social
Socialist who believes we must defeat fascism, that neoliberal capitalism is no longer viable even by capitalist standards, and that we must consolidate green social democracy – all while building movement strong/large enough to achieve true socialism ASAP
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*Capitalism is failing us. Instead of bringing a decent life it generates an outrageous gap between the rich and the rest; unaffordable housing, healthcare & education; racial & gender inequality; climate disaster. Economist David Kotz argues it's time we built a new socialism for the 21st century*
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"Across a world hemmed in by Washington’s escalating drive for domination, people are still prising open space to breathe — and to decide."
The 2nd Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 2nd Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 2 | They Want Us Afraid
From Hyderabad to Caracas, struggles for dignity persist under the shadow of imperial intimidation — and demand an internationalism strong enough to defy it.
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January 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
"Across a world hemmed in by Washington’s escalating drive for domination, people are still prising open space to breathe — and to decide."
The 2nd Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 2nd Progressive International Briefing of 2025 is online now.
Man, Greenland Greenland Greenland!!! Everyone up in arms about this. I would never put anything past this fascist psychopath, but it still looks to me like he wants everyone to pay attention to this and less attention to Minnesota/ICE/the economy/Epstein
#YMMV
#YMMV
This is the full text of the real, batshit insane letter Trump sent to the Norwegian Prime Minister.
We all know MAGA is a death cult, but if Congress & his Cabinet refuse to remove the mentally incontinent idiot from office, they’re guilty of risking the lives of every single person on the planet.
We all know MAGA is a death cult, but if Congress & his Cabinet refuse to remove the mentally incontinent idiot from office, they’re guilty of risking the lives of every single person on the planet.
January 19, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Man, Greenland Greenland Greenland!!! Everyone up in arms about this. I would never put anything past this fascist psychopath, but it still looks to me like he wants everyone to pay attention to this and less attention to Minnesota/ICE/the economy/Epstein
#YMMV
#YMMV
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His family says he's a U.S. citizen & DHS agents violated multiple laws here.
It's hard for me to look at without imagining Trump and gang having a similar experience someday during their lawful arrests.
It's hard for me to look at without imagining Trump and gang having a similar experience someday during their lawful arrests.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 8:37 AM
His family says he's a U.S. citizen & DHS agents violated multiple laws here.
It's hard for me to look at without imagining Trump and gang having a similar experience someday during their lawful arrests.
It's hard for me to look at without imagining Trump and gang having a similar experience someday during their lawful arrests.
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It’s NOT about immigration
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 19, 2026 at 6:40 AM
It’s NOT about immigration
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America is too big to fail and our descent into fascism is an unprecedented global crisis.
January 19, 2026 at 6:37 AM
America is too big to fail and our descent into fascism is an unprecedented global crisis.
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Two weeks ago, I published this story featuring dire warnings from experts including two former presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
I think this story is essential context for these kinds of pieces.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
I think this story is essential context for these kinds of pieces.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Two weeks ago, I published this story featuring dire warnings from experts including two former presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
I think this story is essential context for these kinds of pieces.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
I think this story is essential context for these kinds of pieces.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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Alla tillsammans nu:
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Alla tillsammans nu:
1. There are not over 70 million bigots in this country. They were dead wrong to vote for Trump, but they were not all bigots.
2. Replacing Trump with a neoliberal will keep Trumpism alive long after Trump himself is gone. The antidote to American fascism is social democracy, as FDR well understood
2. Replacing Trump with a neoliberal will keep Trumpism alive long after Trump himself is gone. The antidote to American fascism is social democracy, as FDR well understood
Nah, don't overthink it. They're dumb, racist hicks, and we can ignore their whining.
We'll drag them kicking and screaming into a better world, where the trans lady they bullied out of town gets a living wage, and so do they.
We'll drag them kicking and screaming into a better world, where the trans lady they bullied out of town gets a living wage, and so do they.
January 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM
1. There are not over 70 million bigots in this country. They were dead wrong to vote for Trump, but they were not all bigots.
2. Replacing Trump with a neoliberal will keep Trumpism alive long after Trump himself is gone. The antidote to American fascism is social democracy, as FDR well understood
2. Replacing Trump with a neoliberal will keep Trumpism alive long after Trump himself is gone. The antidote to American fascism is social democracy, as FDR well understood
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Allemaal!
January 18, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Allemaal!
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SURVEY
I'm making a word cloud survey.
Question 1:
What three words did you associate with America when you were a kid?
Question 2:
What three words do you associate with America now?
Click on the link to answer:
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Use code 69f6d7 to submit answers (no need to sign up)
I'm making a word cloud survey.
Question 1:
What three words did you associate with America when you were a kid?
Question 2:
What three words do you associate with America now?
Click on the link to answer:
slideasy.io/join/69f6d7
Use code 69f6d7 to submit answers (no need to sign up)
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Slideasy makes it easy to engage and receive feedback from your participants. Create presentations with multiple choice questions, word cloud activities, text questions and more.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:42 PM
SURVEY
I'm making a word cloud survey.
Question 1:
What three words did you associate with America when you were a kid?
Question 2:
What three words do you associate with America now?
Click on the link to answer:
slideasy.io/join/69f6d7
Use code 69f6d7 to submit answers (no need to sign up)
I'm making a word cloud survey.
Question 1:
What three words did you associate with America when you were a kid?
Question 2:
What three words do you associate with America now?
Click on the link to answer:
slideasy.io/join/69f6d7
Use code 69f6d7 to submit answers (no need to sign up)
Thank to @mylefteyeuk.bsky.social for this.
Enjoy a Viking in a Bathtub being chased by I.C.E
youtu.be/NS6uBKqI81Y?...
Enjoy a Viking in a Bathtub being chased by I.C.E
youtu.be/NS6uBKqI81Y?...
Viking In Bathtub HUMILIATES I.C.E !!!
YouTube video by My Left Eye
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January 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Thank to @mylefteyeuk.bsky.social for this.
Enjoy a Viking in a Bathtub being chased by I.C.E
youtu.be/NS6uBKqI81Y?...
Enjoy a Viking in a Bathtub being chased by I.C.E
youtu.be/NS6uBKqI81Y?...
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There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to
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I've been seeing many posts from Greta Thunberg and many other leading pro-Palestinian activists in solidarity with the Iranian uprising and condemning the regime's oppression. Yet I still keep seeing posts from Israel supporters claiming they are either defending the repression or staying silent.
January 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I've been seeing many posts from Greta Thunberg and many other leading pro-Palestinian activists in solidarity with the Iranian uprising and condemning the regime's oppression. Yet I still keep seeing posts from Israel supporters claiming they are either defending the repression or staying silent.
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This comes not long after Biden and Newsom ordered an aging nuclear plant not far from my home scheduled to close to stay open. This bipartisan hostility towards safe renewable wind and solar power is very upsetting www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/c...
Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This comes not long after Biden and Newsom ordered an aging nuclear plant not far from my home scheduled to close to stay open. This bipartisan hostility towards safe renewable wind and solar power is very upsetting www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/c...
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All of the Europeans taking a hard stand against the US right now need to take a long look at European politics.
Germany narrowly dodged AFD. Macron screwed the left and France is without a functional government with their own fascists rising. Brussels is covering for Putin. 1/x
Germany narrowly dodged AFD. Macron screwed the left and France is without a functional government with their own fascists rising. Brussels is covering for Putin. 1/x
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
All of the Europeans taking a hard stand against the US right now need to take a long look at European politics.
Germany narrowly dodged AFD. Macron screwed the left and France is without a functional government with their own fascists rising. Brussels is covering for Putin. 1/x
Germany narrowly dodged AFD. Macron screwed the left and France is without a functional government with their own fascists rising. Brussels is covering for Putin. 1/x
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Starmier is sleep walking the UK into a reform government, by pulling a Biden and not changing anything.
Which is to say nothing of Orban or the upcoming Polish elections.
You guys need to make sure you don’t fall next. 1/2
Which is to say nothing of Orban or the upcoming Polish elections.
You guys need to make sure you don’t fall next. 1/2
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Starmier is sleep walking the UK into a reform government, by pulling a Biden and not changing anything.
Which is to say nothing of Orban or the upcoming Polish elections.
You guys need to make sure you don’t fall next. 1/2
Which is to say nothing of Orban or the upcoming Polish elections.
You guys need to make sure you don’t fall next. 1/2
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"Ask anyone who has lived in a country that became an autocracy, and they will tell you some version of a story about walls closing in on them, about space getting smaller and smaller. The space they are talking about is freedom." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
"Ask anyone who has lived in a country that became an autocracy, and they will tell you some version of a story about walls closing in on them, about space getting smaller and smaller. The space they are talking about is freedom." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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That is really great, now people all over the world will be wearing MAGA hats!
January 18, 2026 at 11:50 AM
That is really great, now people all over the world will be wearing MAGA hats!
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Democrats need to revive the FBI charter reform that was floating around after Watergate www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
The retired peace professor who brought her protest to Stephen Miller’s home
Barbara Wien, a retired peace studies professor, believes she was confronting a threat to her community with her protest of Stephen Miller. Some say she’s the danger.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Democrats need to revive the FBI charter reform that was floating around after Watergate www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Is the future a return to a Clintonian heyday? The normalcy of the Obama years? So many in the national leadership of the @democrats.org, think this is about the old 90s/00s playbook, triangulating to victory for the status quo. Or is this a fight for our lives, our democracy?
January 18, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Is the future a return to a Clintonian heyday? The normalcy of the Obama years? So many in the national leadership of the @democrats.org, think this is about the old 90s/00s playbook, triangulating to victory for the status quo. Or is this a fight for our lives, our democracy?
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Multi-year funding is a dirty trick by #RussellVought. This way the #Trump administration can say they're spending what Congress appropriated for research, BUT they'll only fund 1/5 the number of grants. Call your Senators/Reps now. Science hangs in the balance. H/T @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.
January 18, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Multi-year funding is a dirty trick by #RussellVought. This way the #Trump administration can say they're spending what Congress appropriated for research, BUT they'll only fund 1/5 the number of grants. Call your Senators/Reps now. Science hangs in the balance. H/T @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
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I know it's hard for the WaPo to get competent headline writers, but Trump is NOT putting tariffs on European countries. He is imposing taxes on goods we import from European countries. The tax is on us, not them www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump announces tariffs on European countries opposing Greenland takeover
The move escalates tensions between the U.S. and longtime allies that have been sending Trump a message that the territory of Denmark is not for sale.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I know it's hard for the WaPo to get competent headline writers, but Trump is NOT putting tariffs on European countries. He is imposing taxes on goods we import from European countries. The tax is on us, not them www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The foreigners who don't boycott the World Cup should all wear these hats, but they really should boycott Donald Trump's shitshow.
January 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The foreigners who don't boycott the World Cup should all wear these hats, but they really should boycott Donald Trump's shitshow.
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.